Activities For a 12 Year Old?

[badblackpug]

I was looking for some sort of activity for my 8 year old and 12 year old to attend. Most things (Pirate cruises, Tea Party) seem to have an upper limit of "10." I thought it would be fun for them to have a kids only activity, and we could enjoy a quiet lunch or something (well as quiet as it can be with a 21 month old! ) My 12 year old is on the immature side for her age, but is mature in appearance (if you know what I mean ) While I know that she would have fun on the pirate cruise and adore the tea party, I don't want her to be embarrassed by obviously being the oldest one there.

Any ideas?

 

[larklynn]

My three children all went together and they were 5, 8, and 12 My ds was not embarrassed because he did not want to leave his youngest brother alone.
This probably won't help but one of the tea parties is for mothers and daughers and it is my dd all time favorite!!! She went at 6 but can not wait to go back with her yonger sister she is now 11 and says she doesn't care if she is 14 when we go back youngest dd is 7 months! It was just a great experience

 

[Alesia]

I was looking for some sort of activity for my 8 year old and 12 year old to attend. Most things (Pirate cruises, Tea Party) seem to have an upper limit of "10." I thought it would be fun for them to have a kids only activity, and we could enjoy a quiet lunch or something (well as quiet as it can be with a 21 month old! ) My 12 year old is on the immature side for her age, but is mature in appearance (if you know what I mean ) While I know that she would have fun on the pirate cruise and adore the tea party, I don't want her to be embarrassed by obviously being the oldest one there.

Any ideas?

They can not take children over the age limit. Its an insurance thing.

Also, and I'm sure you didn't think of this, having an older child around often makes things less fun for the other kids. I know that on the pirate cruises, the kids have to solve clues to find the treasure. Sometimes older kids don't realize that they shouldn't always answer everything, even though they know the answer. KWIM?